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Bells Across the Snow 



BY 



FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL 



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EP 25 1882 I 




NEW YORK 

E. P. BUTTON AND COMPANY 

1883 






Copyright, 1882, 
By E. p. Button and Company. 



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University Press: 
John Wilson and Son, Cambridge. 





A Gift^ O Friend^ for thee, 

As ^^ Christmas comes again I''^ 
If minor chords there be 

Blent with the pleasant strain^ 
They do but tend 
To make it end 
In fuller harmony I 



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Jessie McDermott. 

Alfred Fredericks. 
W. L. Taylor. 



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F. T. Merrill. 

H. Sandham. 

E. H. Garrett. 
W. P. Snyder. 



Drawn and Engraved under the supervision of 
George T. Andrew. 



Half Title i 

Dedication 5 

*' Christmas, merry Christmas ! " . . 9 
Under the mistletoe ... .11 

"With its memories and greetings " 13 

"There's a minor in the carol " . . 15 

" And a spray of cypress twining " . 15 

"As we listen in the starlight" . . 17 



" Since other voices blended with 

the carol and the song ! '' . . . 19 
" If we could but hear them singing 

as they are singing now " ... 21 

" There would be no sigh to smother " 23 

" The days of our unshadowed glee " 25 

" With holy songs of glory " ... 27 

" For peace and hope may brighten " 29 




Christmas, merry Christmas' 














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BELLS ACROSS THE SNOW. 

O Christmas ! merry Christmas ! 

Is it really come again, 
With its memories and greetings, 

With its joy and with its pain ? 




With its uiemories a?id greetifigs.''^ 



I'hcre 's a minor in the carol, 
And a shadow in the h'ght, 




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And the hush is never broken 
By laughter light and low. 

As we listen in the starlight 
To the "bells across the snow." 




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O Christmas, merry Christmas ! 

'T is not so very long 
Since other voices blended 

With the carol and the song ! 




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If we could but hear them singing 
As they are singing now, 

If we could but see the radiance 
Of the crown on each dear brow, 




There would be no sigh to smother, 

No hidden tear to flow, 
As we hsten in the starUght 

To the " bells across the snow." 



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O Christmas, merry Christmas ! 

This never more can be ; 
We cannot bring again the days 

Of our unshadowed glee. 




But Christmas, happy Christmas, 
Sweet herald of good-will, 

With holy songs of glory 
Brings holy gladness still. 








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BELLS ACROSS THE SNOW. 



CHRISTMAS ! merry Christmas ! 
Is it really come again, 
With its memories and greetings, 

With its joy and with its pain ? 
There's a minor in the carol, 

And a shadow in the light, 
And a spray of cypress twining 

With the holly wreath to-night. 
And the hush is never broken 

By laughter light and low, 
As we listen in the starlight 

To the "bells across the snow." 

O Christmas, merry Christmas! 

'T is not so very long 
Since other voices blended 

With the carol and the song ! 
Jf we could but hear them singing 

As they are singing now, 



If we could but see the radiance 
Of the crown on each dear brow, 

There would be no sigh to smother, 
No hidden tear to flow, 

As we listen in the starlight 

To the "bells across the snow." 



O Christmas, merry Christmas ! 

This never more can be ; 
We cannot bring again the days 

Of our unshadowed glee. 
But Christmas, happy Christmas, 

Sweet herald of good-will, 
With holy songs of glory 

Brings holy gladness still. 
For peace and hope may brighten. 

And patient love may glow, 
As we listen in the starlight 

To the "bells across the snow." 



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